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Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> I'll tell you why a flat object directory format simply isn't an option.
> 
> Hint: maximum directory size. It's limited by n_link, and it's almost
> universally a 16-bit number on Linux (and generally artifically limited to
> 32000 entries).
> 
> In other words, if you ever expect to have more than 32000 objects, a flat 
> space simply isn't possible.
> 

Eh?!  n_link limits the number of *subdirectories* a directory can 
contain, not the number of *entries*.

	-hpa